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Ito A, Aoyama T, Tajino J, Nagai M, Yamaguchi S, Iijima H, Zhang X, Akiyama H, Kuroki H. Effects of the thermal environment on articular chondrocyte metabolism: a fundamental study to facilitate establishment of an effective thermotherapy for osteoarthritis. JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION 2015; 17:14-21. [PMID: 25792904 DOI: 10.1298/jjpta.vol17_003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AIM To facilitate establishment of an effective thermotherapy for osteoarthritis (OA), we investigated the effects of the thermal environment on articular chondrocyte metabolism in vitro. METHODS Chondrocytes were isolated from porcine knee joints, and cultured at 32°C, 37°C and 41°C. Cell proliferation and viability were assessed at Days 2, 4 and 8. In addition, TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay was performed at Day 3 to determine the proportion of apoptotic chondrocytes. Analysis of genes specific for factors related to the cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM), cartilage destruction, and cartilage protection was performed at Day 2. Furthermore, evaluation of heat stress tolerance, and heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) mRNA expression and protein synthesis was performed at Day 2 and 3, respectively. RESULTS Cell proliferation was more at 37°C than at 32°C and 41°C. Cell viability and the number of TUNEL-positive cells were not affected until Day 8 and 3, respectively. The expression of the ECM-related genes was up-regulated at higher temperature. The expression of MMP13, a type II collagen destructive enzyme, and that of TIMP1 and TIMP2, which are MMP inhibitors, were up-regulated at higher temperatures. Finally, the chondrocytes cultured at 41°C may acquire heat stress tolerance, in part, due to the up-regulation of HSP70, and may inhibit apoptosis induced by various stresses, which is observed in OA. CONCLUSIONS The thermal environment affects articular chondrocyte metabolism, and a heat stimulus of approximately 41°C could enhance chondrocyte anabolism and induce heat stress tolerance.
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- Akira Ito
- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.,Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan
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- Department of Development and Rehabilitation of Motor Function, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Environmental temperature can have a surprising impact on extremity growth in homeotherms, but the underlying mechanisms have remained elusive for over a century. Limbs of animals raised at warm ambient temperature are significantly and permanently longer than those of littermates housed at cooler temperature. These remarkably consistent lab results closely resemble the ecogeographical tenet described by Allen's "extremity size rule," that appendage length correlates with temperature and latitude. This phenotypic growth plasticity could have adaptive significance for thermal physiology. Shortened extremities help retain body heat in cold environments by decreasing surface area for potential heat loss. Homeotherms have evolved complex mechanisms to maintain tightly regulated internal temperatures in challenging environments, including "facultative extremity heterothermy" in which limb temperatures can parallel ambient. Environmental modulation of tissue temperature can have direct and immediate consequences on cell proliferation, metabolism, matrix production, and mineralization in cartilage. Temperature can also indirectly influence cartilage growth by modulating circulating levels and delivery routes of essential hormones and paracrine regulators. Using an integrated approach, this article synthesizes classic studies with new data that shed light on the basis and significance of this enigmatic growth phenomenon and its relevance for treating human bone elongation disorders. Discussion centers on the vasculature as a gateway to understanding the complex interconnection between direct (local) and indirect (systemic) mechanisms of temperature-enhanced bone lengthening. Recent advances in imaging modalities that enable the dynamic study of cartilage growth plates in vivo will be key to elucidating fundamental physiological mechanisms of long bone growth regulation.
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- Maria A Serrat
- Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
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Ito A, Aoyama T, Iijima H, Nagai M, Yamaguchi S, Tajino J, Zhang X, Akiyama H, Kuroki H. Optimum temperature for extracellular matrix production by articular chondrocytes. Int J Hyperthermia 2014; 30:96-101. [DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2014.880857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Radzi R, Osaki T, Tsuka T, Imagawa T, Minami S, Nakayama Y, Okamoto Y. Photodynamic hyperthermal therapy with indocyanine green (ICG) induces apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in B16F10 murine melanoma cells. J Vet Med Sci 2011; 74:545-51. [PMID: 22146339 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.11-0464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We examined the effects of photodynamic hyperthemal therapy (PHT), which is a combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and hyperthermia (HT), on the apoptosis and cell cycle progression of murine melanoma B16F10 cells. The percentage of apoptotic cell was determined by flow cytometry using fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated Annexin V and propidium iodide (PI) double staining. The cell cycle analysis was performed by PI staining with flow cytometry. The expression of cyclins and heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) were examined by a Western blotting analysis. PHT induces death in B16F10 cells, and PHT-mediated apoptosis occurred acutely and persistently in vitro. Our study demonstrated that PHT using indocyanine green (ICG) and near infrared (NIR) light source induces apoptosis and G0/G1 cell cycle arrest in the B16F10 cells.
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- Rozanaliza Radzi
- The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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Morrissey JJ, Higashikubo R, Goswami PC, Dixon P. Mild hyperthermia as a potential mechanism to locally enhance cell growth kinetics. J Drug Target 2009; 17:719-23. [PMID: 19845488 DOI: 10.3109/10611860903074968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The effect of mild hyperthermia on growth kinetics of two human glioma and one mouse fibroblast cell line was evaluated over a 12 h (short-term) or 7 day (long-term) period. All cell lines showed growth enhancement at 38 degrees C, although the effect in C3H 10T (1/2) mouse fibroblasts was more pronounced and had a more rapid onset than in U87MG or LN71 glioma cells. At 39 degrees C, growth of C3H 10T (1/2) cells was slightly reduced and glioma cell lines similar to that of their respective 37 degrees C controls. At 40 degrees C, C3H 10T (1/2) cells showed a more rapid and dramatic growth reduction than glioma cell lines and accumulated in both G(0)/G(1) and G(2) checkpoint compartments. In contrast, U87MG cells accumulated only in G(2) and LN71 showed no checkpoint accumulation. The findings indicate that cell lines are differentially responsive to small temperature elevations. If similar differences exist between normal and diseased human tissues, local application of mild hyperthermia might offer a noninvasive and cost-effective method to achieve local enhancement of drugs that target proliferating tissue.
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- Joseph J Morrissey
- College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA.
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Shui C, Scutt A. Mild heat shock induces proliferation, alkaline phosphatase activity, and mineralization in human bone marrow stromal cells and Mg-63 cells in vitro. J Bone Miner Res 2001; 16:731-41. [PMID: 11316001 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2001.16.4.731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Bone formation has been shown to be stimulated by local diathermy in vivo; however, the mechanisms involved in this heat-induced osteogenesis are unclear. In this study, we investigated the direct effect of temperature on human bone marrow-derived stromal cells (BMSCs) and the human osteoblast-like, osteosarcoma-derived MG-63 cells in culture conditions. Both cell types were shown to tolerate the transient exposure to mild heat shock conditions (1 h at 39-41 degrees C), and long-term (96 h) exposure at 39 degrees C stimulated DNA synthesis in BMSC but caused growth arrest in MG-63 cells. Furthermore, 1-h exposure to higher temperatures (42.5-45 degrees C) or continuous 96-h exposure to 40 degrees C or 41 degrees C inhibited the proliferation of both BMSCs and MG63 cells. The level of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in these cells linearly correlated with the increase in temperature, and the ALP expression, either at the basal level or in response to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3], was enhanced after a single 1-h exposure to 42.5 degrees C. In addition, continuous incubation at 39 degrees C or repeated transient exposure to 39/41 degrees C greatly enhanced the ability of BMSCs to form mineralizing nodules. The heat shock protein HSP70, which was expressed constitutively by BMSCs, was found to be up-regulated by hyperthermia (39 degrees C) and down-regulated at 33 degrees C. The expression of HSP70 could be induced in MG-63 cells by both low- and high-temperature conditions. These data suggest that treatment with a mild heat shock induces the proliferation and differentiation of osteoprogenitor cells, and the direct effects of temperature on bone-forming cells might be one of the mechanisms involved in heat-induced bone formation in vivo.
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- C Shui
- Human Metabolism and Clinical Biochemistry, Division of Biochemical and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Sheffield Medical School, United Kingdom
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Romero AD, Green DB, Wucherpfennig AL. Heat transfer to the periodontal ligament during root obturation procedures using an in vitro model. J Endod 2000; 26:85-7. [PMID: 11194378 DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200002000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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It appears to be important to avoid thermal injury to the periodontal ligament when using heated guttapercha techniques such as "System B." An in vitro model was developed, consisting of an extracted human tooth rooted in an artificial periodontal ligament (PDL) and alveolar socket, which allowed us to measure the temperature transferred to the root surface. The teeth were instrumented and subsequently embedded in alginate to simulate the PDL. Medium gutta-percha points were fit, sealer was applied, and a fine Buchanan plugger was used for condensation. Temperature measurements were taken simultaneously at the apex and 5 mm from the apex during obturation with two fine gauge thermocouples connected to a digital thermometer. The average temperature increase was approximately 1 degree C at the apex and approximately 2 degrees C at the 5 mm mark. The resulting temperature increases appear to be lower than previously reported by other investigators (Hardie, 1986, 1987; Barkhordar et al., 1990; Weller et al., 1991; Lee et al., 1998), who did not allow for the heat disseminating effect of the PDL.
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- A D Romero
- Department of Endodontics, Tufts School of Dental Medicine, One Kneeland Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Lang F, Busch GL, Ritter M, Völkl H, Waldegger S, Gulbins E, Häussinger D. Functional significance of cell volume regulatory mechanisms. Physiol Rev 1998; 78:247-306. [PMID: 9457175 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1998.78.1.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1268] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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To survive, cells have to avoid excessive alterations of cell volume that jeopardize structural integrity and constancy of intracellular milieu. The function of cellular proteins seems specifically sensitive to dilution and concentration, determining the extent of macromolecular crowding. Even at constant extracellular osmolarity, volume constancy of any mammalian cell is permanently challenged by transport of osmotically active substances across the cell membrane and formation or disappearance of cellular osmolarity by metabolism. Thus cell volume constancy requires the continued operation of cell volume regulatory mechanisms, including ion transport across the cell membrane as well as accumulation or disposal of organic osmolytes and metabolites. The various cell volume regulatory mechanisms are triggered by a multitude of intracellular signaling events including alterations of cell membrane potential and of intracellular ion composition, various second messenger cascades, phosphorylation of diverse target proteins, and altered gene expression. Hormones and mediators have been shown to exploit the volume regulatory machinery to exert their effects. Thus cell volume may be considered a second message in the transmission of hormonal signals. Accordingly, alterations of cell volume and volume regulatory mechanisms participate in a wide variety of cellular functions including epithelial transport, metabolism, excitation, hormone release, migration, cell proliferation, and cell death.
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- F Lang
- Institute of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
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